Connecticut western news., 1887-02-09
DYNAMITE ON A STEAMER.
GREAT HOLES BLOWN IN THE GUYAN. DOTTE'S DECKS OFF LONG
 BRANCH.
Somebody Believed to Have Sto wed an fnfernal Machine on the Old Dominion Boat Just Before She Sailed Yes- terdny-She Returns.

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-The Old Dominion
 steamship Guyandotte sailed from the foot of
 Beach street at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
 after having been delayed somewhat by the
 troubles of the line with the strikers. She
 was loaded by non-union longshoreman. She
 came m back last night with two great holes in
 her decks, caused by Dynamite explosion off
 Long Branch.
 She had five cabin passengers and ten or ff-
 teen in the steerage. She sailed for Norfolk.
 The run down the bay and out by the Hook was
 uneventful and pleasant, and the passengers
 and ships people were in excellent spirits.
 The vessel was off Long Branch at about five
 o'clock in the afternoon, when the explosion
 occurred, and frightful explosion 1t was:
 The explosive was in closet on the starboard
 Captain John A. Kelly was in the pilot house
 at the time, when, with loud report and
 crash a hole fifteen feet square was torn up
 through the hurricane deck. The down.
 ward force of the explosive tore & simi-
 lar opening through the the heavy pianks
 passenger was reading in the cabin at the time and bit of flying timber struck him on
 the leg, lacerating the flesh over the shin
 bone, but not seriously injuring him. The Joiner work of the cabin was torn away and inc after part of the cabin was badly wrecked The steady motion of the ship soon showed that no serious injury was done to the hull, and the panic and excitement that had momen- tarily seized Ill hands was soon calmed. A colored waiter named James Justine was hurt by splinter! A. D. Kelly, the one passenger who was hurt, was the only one in the saloon at the time of the explosion. It was 8 fine night and the rest were on deck ,, Captain Ke ly examined the injury to the ship, and determined to put back to New York. He was not 80 much afraid, he said, that there were other explosives on board as that the car 90 which was valuable, would surely be dam, aged in case of storm before the ship could reach Norfolk. It was his belief that the ex' plosive was dynamite, left in the closet wltf malicious intent. | decided to offer reward of $5, 900 for the ar rest and conviction of the person or persons who placed on board the steamer Guyandottt | the internal machine whose explosion Monday night so injured the vessel and forced her tt | return to port after getting as far as Sand. | Hook on her voyage to Norfolk. The company | intends to discover the perpetrator of the out | rage if money and energy can do 1t.
 The Knights of Labor through their differ ent organizations have offered large rewards | for the arrest and conviction of the dynar | miters.
 The fuse of the internal machine which ex | ploded was found in the pile of splinteree l woodwork near the spot where the explosion l occurred The fuse consists of a brass casting | five inches long and hollow, twice as large a l one end as at the other. An inch an hal from the larger end of the casting is 9 valv | which can be turned on either side. Near tn small end are two oblong holes. This end i closed, but the other has 8 screw-cap cover | When this screw-cap is removed strong odo of acid is apparent. The explanation made
 that the brass casting was attached to the ex | plosive in the valise which was hid on the yes sel. The top or cap was filled with acid, an l the valve so turned as to allow the liquid t
 drip and eat it's way through layers of blottin l paper until it reached and ignited the explo l sive mixture.